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Barflies, The Barony Bar, Edinburgh

Site-specific maestros Grid Iron scored a major hit when they knitted together three booze and sex-soaked short stories by Charles Bukowski in the company's local in 2009.

Ben Harrison's equally pie-eyed revival returns to the show's original venue before embarking on a nationwide pub crawl of one-night stands.

With Keith Fleming returning as narrator and Bukowski's alter-ego Henry Chinaski and composer David Paul Jones bashing out some woozy piano numbers in a customised Barony, this remains a vivid and sad-eyed evocation of life lived through the bottom of a glass that's frequently smashed, spilt or both.